Beginning in late August 2007, the Territoire de Mweka is currently the site of an outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever, which had killed more than 100 people by August 30, including all those who attended the funerals of two village chiefs.
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"One Health " was mentioned in a story about Ebola hemorrhagic fever on April 7, 2003, when Rick Weiss of the Washington Post quoted William Karesh as saying, " Human or livestock or wildlife health can't be discussed in isolation anymore.
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Public health officials such as Osterholm and Thompson say they shudder at the thought of their understaffed and poorly equipped departments having to deal with a deliberately introduced epidemic of smallpox or ebola hemorrhagic fever or with millions of dying anthrax victims.
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"WHO's involvement in recent epidemics of yellow fever in Kenya, plague in India and Ebola hemorrhagic fever in Zaire have demonstrated a new direction for WHO in responding to the needs of countries in combating emerging and re-emerging diseases, " said WHO Director-General Hiroshi Nakajima.
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He has responded to and led numerous domestic and international public health emergencies, including hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, Ebola hemorrhagic fever, monkeypox, Rift Valley fever, avian influenza, severe acute respiratory syndrome ( SARS ), the Asian Tsunami, and the initial public health response to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.
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A recent outbreak in Nicaragua of unexplained fever associated with bleeding lungs and many deaths _ combined with recent outbreaks of other highly fatal illnesses such as AIDS and hantavirus in the United States and Ebola hemorrhagic fever in the Congo _ are reminders that surveillance for emerging infections should be a high priority, experts say.
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"Today marks the 42nd day since the last person identified as infected with Ebola hemorrhagic fever died on 26 June 2004 in Yambio Hospital, southern Sudan, " WHO said in a statement issued Saturday . " As 42 days is twice the maximum incubation period for Ebola, and as no further cases have been identified, WHO declares today that the outbreak in southern Sudan is over ."
